Chapter 359: Joining Forces (1/2)

Casanova unhappily directed his attention to Lu Yin. “Who are you?”

“I’m Lu Yin.”

Casanova’s gaze changed, and he started to seriously size Lu Yin up and down. “So you’re the one who displayed Thirty Stacks and matched Arbiter Lan’s record. Lu Yin?”

Lu Yin smiled faintly. “Yeah.”

Casanova gasped. “No wonder you’re a Ten Arbiters’ candidate! That was just Twenty Stacks, but it was already rather powerful. You sure live up to the reputation of being the champion of the Tournament of the Strongest.”

Lu Yin did not reply and only silently looked at Casanova.

Casanova’s tone changed. “Still, no matter how much of a genius you may be, you cannot obstruct Casanova from chatting with a beautiful lady. Move aside.”

“Sorry, she’s from the Outerverse Youth Council and also happens to be my subsidiary member.”

Casanova rolled his eyes and threw the flowers away. He then vanished only to reappear at the edge of the danger zone surrounding the tree-shaped sourcebox.

His conduct was rather abrupt, and Lu Yin was not really able to follow along.

Dao Bo forced a smile onto his face. “Brother Lu, don’t bother getting worked up. That’s just how Casanova is. He cannot resist beauties, is distinguished, not obscene at all, straightforward, and candid.”

Lu Yin felt strange; how was secretly approaching Yue Xianzi not obscene? Also, why were all the people he had met on this planet weirdos? This was Dao Bo’s third time saying something like “pay them no mind.” It seemed like Lockbreakers were much weirder than regular cultivators.

“Casanova is one of the Distinguished Five, and also twenty ninth on the Top Hundred Rankings,” Yue Xianzi softly said. Although she did not personally know Casanova, she had evidently heard of him before, and her expression gradually became more pleasant.

Lu Yin now understood how this person had not been harmed after taking his attack backed by Twenty Stacks head-on. It turned out that Casanova was actually an expert in the Top Hundred Rankings, and his placing was even amongst the top thirty. If Lu Yin exploded with his full power, then he might be able to rival someone at the bottom of the list, around eightieth and below. He was still a massive distance away from someone like Casanova.

Still, there was no hurry. It was just like Casanova had said; once Lu Yin became an Explorer, he would definitely be able to harm Casanova. And Lu Yin was also confident that it would not just be harming Casanova—he might be able to challenge even stronger opponents than this person.

Lu Yin wanted to try sparring with Wendy Yushan when she returned to San Dios, just to experience what the disparity between them was.

If anyone from the younger generation could successfully unlock the tree-shaped sourcebox, it would be one of the Distinguished Five. After them would be Dao Bo, but he had already admitted that he held no confidence in doing so during the two days he had been present. Thus, everyone had pinned their hopes on one of the Distinguished Five arriving and saving the day, but Casanova’s words had just destroyed their hopes. It turned out that even he could not unlock this sourcebox.

Master Jun sighed. “Even you, a two star Perceptive Intermediate Lockbreaker, cannot unlock this sourcebox. It looks like the sourcebox this time around is too difficult.”

Everyone felt helpless, though some also became excited. They were the Lockbreakers who were no longer a part of the younger generation, and quite a few of them were at the Perceptive Intermediate level.

Casanova grinned. “I merely said that I can’t solve it alone. I never said that we can’t join forces to do so.”

Master Jun’s eyes gleamed. “Are you confident after joining forces?”

Everyone focused on Casanova.

Casanova’s smile widened. “Of course, I have confidence in the people I’ll choose.” He then looked at the gathered crowd around him.

Tong Mi'er stepped out first with a passionate gaze as he looked at Casanova.

But Casanova’s eyes passed right over him as they landed on Dao Bo. “Get over here and stop pretending. I know how strong your Lockbreaking ability is, and as soon as you become an Explorer, you won’t be any worse than the rest of us.”

Dao Bo smiled and stepped out. “Please take care of me, Brother Casanova.”

Casanova sneered. “After you become an Explorer, there won’t just be the Distinguished Five in the society. Also, I won’t have to take care of you anymore.”

Then, he looked up and pointed. “Xi Qi, come over here.”

No one felt that this was unexpected either, as everyone was aware of Xi Qi’s lockbreaking abilities. She was a five star Discerning Elementary Lockbreaker, which placed her on the same level as Dao Bo. Although the vulgar fish that accompanied her annoyed people to no end, her ability could not be denied.

“Brother Casanova, it’s been quite a while,” Xi Qi greeted as she walked over.

Lu Yin’s brows jumped as he subconsciously looked at the fish, just like many others. Casanova’s luck was about to run out.

As expected, the fish opened its mouth, lazily raised its fin to point at Casanova, and said, “Two-legged beast, you are very ugly.”

That single sentence created an awkward silence.

Many people looked at Casanova, who was not ugly; on the contrary, he was quite dashing.

Casanova’s face darkened, as this was not his first time encountering the fish. Because of his name, the fish called him ugly every time they met, which was rather obnoxious.

Casanova barely held himself back from retorting when he saw Xi Qi’s regretful expression and instead snorted. Xi Qi immediately apologized.

The fish looked at the sky. “Ugly is ugly. You can’t hide the facts.”

Casanova’s mouth distorted as he irritably shouted, “You worthless fish! You’re the ugly one! Everyone knows that I’m the handsome one.”

The fish yelled back in an exaggerated manner, “There’s never been a connection between you and the word ‘handsome’ throughout your entire life. Wake up! You’re hideous! Truly monstrous looking.”

Casanova was about to retort back, but he was stopped by Dao Bo, who urged, “Brother Casanova, lockbreaking is more important. Ignore the fish.”

Casanova’s chest heaved, and he snorted again before looking at the tree-shaped sourcebox. “Let’s go. It’s time to do some lockbreaking.”

“Brother Casanova, will three people be enough?” Xi Qi asked.